I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
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@eclectech omg YES
@thegiddystitcher IKR! So pleased it's not just me
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I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
A staycation is staying at home and doing holiday stuff.
Booking holiday accommodation and traveling away from home is a holiday - EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME COUNTRY.
Cannot adequately express how much this bugs me.
@eclectech yes!
Staycation used to be used to encourage a reduction in travel, to make day trips and spending local seem more fun and appealing. Now it's being used to subtly discredit holidays in the UK, suggesting only abroad "counts".
It stinks. -
I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
A staycation is staying at home and doing holiday stuff.
Booking holiday accommodation and traveling away from home is a holiday - EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME COUNTRY.
Cannot adequately express how much this bugs me.
@eclectech@things.uk
Can I just say "staycation" as word can just get in the bin. -
I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
A staycation is staying at home and doing holiday stuff.
Booking holiday accommodation and traveling away from home is a holiday - EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME COUNTRY.
Cannot adequately express how much this bugs me.
@eclectech you are not alone in this fight! This has slid for far too long. There need to be consequences.
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I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
A staycation is staying at home and doing holiday stuff.
Booking holiday accommodation and traveling away from home is a holiday - EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME COUNTRY.
Cannot adequately express how much this bugs me.
@eclectech ugh. It sounds like the BBC doesn't even understand the average person enough to respect them.
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@eclectech@things.uk
Can I just say "staycation" as word can just get in the bin.@Theriac Hahaha, I spent so long being annoyed at the misapplied concept I hadn't even thought about the word. I mean, basically, they mean "time off work doing nice things".
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@eclectech you are not alone in this fight! This has slid for far too long. There need to be consequences.
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@david_chisnall Yes!
And I love a bit of domestic tourism. The idea that I can travel for 5 hours, and spend a week in a lighthouse on a clifftop, and it's not a holiday because it's still in Scotland is just pants.
@eclectech Yup, we’re going to Exeter (where I grew up, but haven’t been back to for over 20 years) on holiday this week. And then have a staycation planned for a week after we get back.
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I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
A staycation is staying at home and doing holiday stuff.
Booking holiday accommodation and traveling away from home is a holiday - EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME COUNTRY.
Cannot adequately express how much this bugs me.
@eclectech I wrote to the OED about this when it was one of their words of the year. They didn’t respond … bastards.
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I realise this is a small thing in the scheme of everything, but FFS...
A staycation is staying at home and doing holiday stuff.
Booking holiday accommodation and traveling away from home is a holiday - EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME COUNTRY.
Cannot adequately express how much this bugs me.
@eclectech
and ofc hooray for airbnb and booking.com, given the rental crisis
(and the fact that b.c at least (not sure about airbnb) allows people to book holidays homes owned by israeli settlers in occupied palestinian territory. so giving them business is fine, just fine ...) -
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